Table 4-1 Univariate statistics


Frequency


Percent


St. Dev


Kurtosis Min Max


HomoScale*            0          1496       24.39   1.626    1.412   0.546     -1.026    0     4
                      1          2087       34.03
                      2           873       14.23
                      3           567        9.25
                      4          1110        18.1


 RoleScale**          0          2132       34.76   1.510    1.514   0.756     -0.507    0     5
                      1          1430       23.32
                      2          1019       16.62
                      3           720       11.74
                      4           526        8.58
                      5           306        4.99
 Afamn                                              0.113                                0     1
 Female                                             0.562                                0     1
 Age                                               44.473   16.932   0.515     -0.645   18    89
 Education                                         12.878    3.020   -0.171     0.767    0    20
 Fundamental                                        1.943    0.759   0.095     -1.258    1     3
 Political ID                                       4.071    1.383   -0.071    -0.456    1     7
 *Increasing values correspond to increasing HomoNegativity

 ** Increasing values correspond to increasing traditional gender role ideologies N-6133
 Source, General Social Sunvey 1977-1998



 Table 4-2 Sample size and means by year


          Sample    HomoScale    RoleScale
  Year     size      mean*        mean**
  1977       1163         2.012       2.321
  1985       1193         1.881       1.599
  1988        344         1.721       1.439
  1989        359         1.585       1.337
  1990        329         1.623       1.357
  1991        362         1.619       1.461
  1993        397         1.484       1.237
  1994        693         1.345       1.082
  1996        681         1.248       1.141
  1998        612         1.206       1.223
  *Higher values correspond to more negative attitudes

  ** Higher values correspond to more traditional gender role attitudes N- 6133
  Source, General Social Survey 1977-1998 Bivariate Analysis


       Pearson's Correlations were assessed for all quantitative variables (e.g., both scales,


respondent age, education, political ideology, and religious fundamentalism) (Table 4-3).


Correlations were significant in all relationships except for those between religious